Today's News

REO—Tell City lost only three games in singles matches and won every match in straight sets to beat South Spencer 5-0 in PAC boys tennis Thursday.
The Marksmen improved to 6-0 in the PAC, matching their best conference start ever set in 2001.
Anjan Kashyab defeated Davis Jefferies 6-0, 6-1 in No. 1 singles.
Jake Swihart beat Joe Davis 6-1, 6-1 in No. 2, and Zach Fisher shut out Nick Sibrel 6-0, 6-0.
The closest match was in No. 1 doubles, where Austin Paulin and Jeff Yeung beat Tyler Forston and Spencer Howell 6-3, 6-3.

BOONVILLE—Ashley Gengelbach and Hannah Harpenau each made 13 kills as Perry Central beat Boon-ville 24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 15-12 in volleyball Thursday.
Sydney Goffinet added nine kills, Jordan Sprinkle a season-high eight, and Grace James four as the Commo-dores had one of their most balanced spiking attacks.
James had 34 assists.
The Commodores also did a good job blocking the Pioneers’ spikes. Sprinkle, Gengelbach and James each made four blocks and Harpenau added three.

LYNNVILLE—McKenzie Hayes made a school-record eight solo blocks as Tell City defeated Tecumseh 25-12, 25-19, 25-13 in PAC volleyball Thursday.
“She just dominated their best hitter,” said Tell City Coach Dalonda Hayes. “And Kassidie (Hayes) and Logan (Flannagan) played well along the net. They were touching everything, slowing it down to make it easier for our defense.”
Tell City’s offense was also strong, with McKenzie Hayes making 18 kills, Flannagan nine, and Stori Beard five.
Charissa Lahee had 29 assists.

LEOPOLD—Tell City did a pretty good job containing Austin LeClere but Perry Central could not contain Elliott Brown. So Tell City won Friday’s intra-county football matchup 34-7.
Brown rushed for four touchdowns and 237 yards on just 12 carries. His last three touchdowns were runs of 63, 53 and 64 yards in the fourth quarter to break the game open.
He also threw a 51-yard halfback pass to Spenser Beard for the Marksmen’s other touchdown.

I am so tired of reading about all the money this county spends for anything other than our youth. A visitors center? Really?

Our National Guard gave this city a building that holds endless history for this community. So what is the city doing with it?

Nothing.

What a show of disrespect for men who have given much of their time and lives for our country. These were men who were hand-picked by President Bush to be among the first 11 units deployed to Iraq because of their abilities to defend.

The smell of freshly harvested corn created quite a sob scene last Tuesday. No one was around to watch – except for cows in the distance and a few birds hunting for kernels of corn missed by a John Deere combine.

Some descendants of Dr. Samuel Mudd are still trying to clear his name for being convicted of being part of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Mudd set John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg, suffered when he jumped from the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre.

Some are also not sure that Mary Surratt, who was convicted and hanged for being part of the conspiracy, was guilty. Robert Redford directed a movie about her case last year.